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1 Online-Ressource (577 p)
ISBN:
9781558496934
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Culture, Politics, and the Cold War
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A "Noble Cause -- Chapter 1: "Never Again": The Vietnam Syndrome in American Foreign Policy -- Chapter 2: "Something Rather Dark and Bloody": Atrocities, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the Pathologization of Vietnam Veterans -- Chapter 3: The Discourse of Healing and the "Black Gash of Shame": The Design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Chapter 4: A "Dangerous Political Issue" The War about Memory in 1982 -- Chapter 5: "Home to America's Heart" The National Salute to Vietnam Veterans -- Chapter 6: "In Unity and with Resolve" The Statue, the Flag, and Political Speech at the Memorial -- Chapter 7: "No Shame or Stigma" The Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program -- Chapter 8: "A Confrontation between Faiths" The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Chapter 9: "Today, We Are One People": The Family Drama of Race and Gender in Commemorative Statuary of the Vietnam War -- Chapter 10: "Our Offspring": Children in Vietnam Veterans Memorials -- Chapter 11: "The Wall Is for All of Us": Patterns of Public Response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Conclusion: A "Statute of Limitations": What "Healing" from the War Might Mean -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
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ISBN 9781613761045
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ISBN 9781558496934
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Hagopian, Patrick The Vietnam War in American Memory : Veterans, Memorials, and the Politics of Healing Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,c2012 ISBN 9781558496934
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Englisch
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